How to Reinstall the VDB on the Cisco Firepower FMC/FTD devices

In all my years of working with SourceFire and then ASA with Firepower, and now Firepower Threat Defense (FTD), I’ve never had a single problem with the VDB – until this week. Cisco put out a BAD VDB (300) that deletes the applications in your ACP. This is pretty horrible right? So let’s just delete this VDB and reinstall. This seems like it would be easy, right? No, not so much…

Here is the bug that was opened because of this: CSCvc48180 and the problem that appears in your ACP:

If you are running an earlier version than is available in your updates (System>Updates from the FMC), then you’re in luck! Just install the new version and it will probably fix the issue and start working, however, if there isn’t an update (only around once a month does Cisco send out a new VDB!), then you have to try and reinstall the current version.

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I attended the same (Firepower/FTD) class that both Carlton Lewis, CCIE, and Vernon Tolbert did and it was great, the course was very informative and hands on the fellow students helped everyone in the class too. Couldn't recommend this course more.

Kristopher Grimm

Network Engineer at Moxie

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2017-07-03T15:49:49-06:00

I attended the same (Firepower/FTD) class that both Carlton Lewis, CCIE, and Vernon Tolbert did and it was great, the course was very informative and hands on the fellow students helped everyone in the class too. Couldn't recommend this course more.[br] Kristopher Grimm[br] Network Engineer at Moxie